The Steep and Thorny Way

The book I read was The Steep and Thorny Way by Cat Winters. She has also published The Cure for Dreaming and In the Shadow which she won a Morris Award Finalist for that book.This book is historical fiction it takes place in the early 1900’s in Oregon.

This story is about this mixed girl named Hanalee and she has barely any rights under the law.She is trying to discover the truth of what killed her father. Her father Hank Denney was killed by a drunk driving teenager.Now the killer is out of jail and back in town.She talks to her fathers killer his name is Joe Adder when she talks to him about her father he has a way different story then she’s been hearing. Does it have to do something with the Ku Klux Klan or an other person or Joe Adder ?

I really like this book because I really because I had to think about what was going to happen.But in some parts it was scary. This book is written for teens and young adults because it’s historical fiction. Some readers will like it but some won’t I personally thought it was really interesting. Read this book to find out the real truth about her father’s death.

Book Review by Gianni D.